Battle zone/Red Baron/Battle zone 2 Multi board teaser

[@arcadesunday4592]

These kinds of projects are so damn cool. Really appreciate the work of those who designed the board (and of course, the person who programmed this "new" game, Battle Zone 2...)

[@delsarcade]

Amazing work Jason! Let me know if you need a tester. I have access to a BZ.

[@comchia4306]

I recently got to play Battlezone II at the Free Play Florida convention, and I adore it! It reminds me a lot of the 1991 game Spectre. I wish I could play a ROM of it. Thank you for covering it! I had been looking for some time for any info about it.

[@seanwhite7520]

I saw a video of battle zone 2 in color. Was it in a different cab or a pc?

[@Coleco1981]

Emulation?

[@ceejaysays1234]

Wow I never thought I wanted a Battle Zone cabinet until I saw Battle Zone 2

[@SamsArcadeFix]

Battlezone looks cool. I only hope that thick white horizontal line running across the screen is not gonna be in the finished game but other than that it's looking great. Must have for my Red Baron.

[@anthonydandrea2170]

In original BZ the horizon line, mountains, and distant 3D objects are drawn dimmer than nearby objects and the score readout. It looks like Jason's monitor is set to high brightness and low contrast, which makes all the vectors equally bright. If the brightness were lowered and the contrast increased so the pyramid of lines on the test screen showed a fade from bright at the bottom to dim at the top, you'd see lines of varying brightness during gameplay (assuming BZ2 uses gradients the way original BZ does).

[@kins749]

Battlezone 2 is freaking awesome! I'll be ordering a board as soon as it's released for my Battlezone cabaret. Amazing work by Jason and all concerned.

[@richardsushko2697]

Holy cow this is the best vector project in a long time. Can't wait to have one of these in my BattleZone. BattleZone 2 is incredible.

[@gamernes4195]

Wow. This is such a cool project to take on. This is the first I've heard of it and I am excited to order one.

[@Omega_Mark]

This is super cool. I can imagine this game making a lot of money back in the early 80s, but I'm sure many people will love to have it in their arcades today. Keep 'em vectors coming:). One thing I would suggest is to lessen that number of horizontal lines on the ground (terrain outlines), as now the center of the screen is just a thick white line (future burn in warning) and it's difficult to see the tanks. The lanes can stay there up close, but make them disappear at some specific distance, hence clearing up the screen of what is not the most important to see in a vector game. This is probably a display remnant characteristic from the raster game code that still needs to be changed a bit. Other than that, everything looks and sounds awesome. Big thumbs up. Also, maybe it would be a good idea to implement some anti-burn in code that would shift static lines on the screen (HUD, etc.) after a while the game is on. Shifting it up and down a bit between games would not interfere with the gameplay. This could be a dip switch setting with 2 or even more settings (depending how severe the shift is). Gotta protect these old tubes:).

[@ArcadeJason]

great idea and way ahead of you lol

[@johndczerwinski]

Very cool! I would love one to put in my battlezone upright

[@dizzykillteam]

I played battlezone 2 at a pinball event this weekend and it's awesome. Watch out for them mines though

[@Arcadehollywood]

BZ 2 looks like a blast to play. Good job on this.

[@justinsarcade]

This looks amazing! I will definitely buy one for my Battlezone. Looking forward to it!

[@AlanMcClelland]

Very cool and can’t wait to play in the future!

[@memyopinionsche6610]

That battle zone 2 looks pretty cool. Would definitely play it if I had a battle zone arcade game.

[@danmanx2]

Color me impressed. I hope to see more of Battle Zone 2!

[@forcefulfil]

How have I only.just found this. AMAZING work! I'm deffo gonna order one of these.BZ 2 looks awesome 👌. Brilliant work guys.👍🙏👍🍺

[@Topesio66]

This is pure arcade sorcery. Let me congrat to the Master Wizard. So coooooool.

[@anthonydandrea2170]

The stuff of dreams! I want this for the public to play at Ground Kontrol and for my personal Battlezone at home. Where can I sign up for progress notifications?

[@SolderGuy11]

Q: Can an analog stick setup for RB (in front of the BZ) be compatible with the Battlezone control levers? Q: Will BZII be compatible with the BZ Green Red overlays / bezel? I presume RB would not be compatible with the overlay / bezel. I have a BZ cabaret (which I took to SFGE this year) and willing to play test. Q: Will BZII be available to load onto the Vectrex?

[@ArcadeJason]

q1 yes q2 yes q3 no

[@operationrestore3308]

Yes dual monitor machine with the top monitor for air support

[@thisoldarcade]

That is awsome please let me know when you will have have it available. We've been looking for a battlezone board.

[@cfella1974]

Oh my! I can see why your excited about this. It’s pretty freakin AWESOME. 👍 Does this also mean I can leave my BZ on for extended periods of time and not have anxiety that the boardset is gonna crap out…(again)? 🙂 KUDOS to the secret BZII developer. Gameplay looks pretty badass!!! How long before I can own this? ❤️

[@chriswalker8361]

Take my money…and i sure would like to have the color outputs for something down the road..

[@charlesj3707]

Any idea of release date? Put me down for two.

[@CharlesKellyAuthor]

I want one for my Battlezone cabinet. Let me know if you need any help with the software.

[@mrsodapop4176]

Any updates on this project? Need any Bata testers (have 2 BZ upright, and 1 cabaret)?

[@classicarcaderepairs4818]

Battlezone II looks absolutely badass

[@shadowolph1]

I like it. I have 2 Battlezone cabs, One is original and working the other is missing the PCBs and Monitor. I would love to put this into the non working cab but would need a monitor. Any chance on making one that has a HDMI output so I we could add a flat screen to those of us that dont have working monitors. They are very hard to fine

[@BronzeAgePuritan]

Having the terrain lines get dimmer as they are farther away would be a very good refinement for battlezone 2. Other than that, it is truly awesome. Definitely going to get it.

[@ralfkornmann3367]

This one of the things that is not implemented in this early prototype version

[@BronzeAgePuritan]

@@ralfkornmann3367 I assume it will be implemented in the final version?

[@ralfkornmann3367]

@@BronzeAgePuritan Yes

[@dizzykillteam]

How do i purchase this please

[@DiegoSanchez-pl9eh]

battle zone 2 looks amazing!! so cool..

[@michaelbasal9600]

Jason, this is amazing! My compliments to both you and Ralph for making this (and the video of it too). I know this is only a prototype but please count me in when ever a production run of these comes to pass! Would the control sticks on a BZ cab be switchable for controlling up down, left and right movement for Red Baron, by dip switches, etc. Mike.

[@ralfkornmann3367]

Configurations are stored on a SD card

[@michaelbasal9600]

@@ralfkornmann3367 thank you Ralf!

[@michaelbasal9600]

Received and installed my Redzone board today in my BZ.. 100% AWESOME!

[@erich.2298]

when can i buy one?

[@geekconnoisseur]

Is this Battle Zone II available now on ROM to play using MAME?

[@originaltrilogy1]

VERY interested in this!

[@ıŋơų]

i'm very interested for buy one of your pcb 👍

[@weedmanwestvancouverbc9266]

BZ 2?

[@mrsodapop4176]

Just amazing, I'll probably need 2! Quick question- what about high score saving?

[@ralfkornmann3367]

It has an SD card for high score & configuration data

[@timbabcock4757]

need one, freakin awesome

[@vectrexer]

Does the code support coinmechs?

[@ArcadeJason]

yes

[@steveo9378]

Please add me to the list too! I would love to have this in my arcade! BZ2 is worth the price by itself!

[@bjy128]

Wow excellent!

[@AndrewAHayes]

How true is it that the US military commissioned some bespoke versions of the game for tank training?

[@ArcadeJason]

very true. looks up atari bradley trainer

[@vectrexer]

@@ArcadeJason Now we need the trainer code on this board too.

[@joesmoe71]

That is AWESOME! Is Battle Zone II a lost prototype that this guy management to piece back together, or is it an entirely original game created by him based on the code of the first? Amazing work either way!

[@ArcadeJason]

new game

[@tmtruett]

I saw this video, looks like the same game in a Battle Zone cab but in color! Very smooth. Same board? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWa1e2qshph4has

[@evilash570]

Friggin awesome!!!!

[@memyopinionsche6610]

If only he gave the player the way to go to the volcano. Oh well game looks dope though.

[@Crimefighter]

What the heck is this Battlezone 2???

[@jasonsteverson4609]

I want it!!!!!!!!

[@billdexter8744]

Please ad me to the list..

[@wanghotangho5803]

I read a comment or 2 awhile back about the audio lacking bass. Is it an issue or has it been sorted?

[@ArcadeJason]

lacking bass? no there was never an issue of lacking bass